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Causes of the American Revolution
Constitutional Convention
Early American Government
The functions of Government
Miscellaneous
100

This left the British in severe debt which led them to institute taxes on the colonies.

What is the French and Indian War?

100

This gathering accomplished little except to plan for the convention the following year.

What is the Annapolis Convention?

100
The two most famous of Washington's advisors.
Who were Hamilton and Jefferson?
100
These people can impeach the President.
What is the House of Representatives?
100

The first successful British colony.

What is Jamestown?

200

This pamphlet was written to persuade people that independence was deserved by the colonies.

What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?

200

This compromise led to the formation of a bicameral legislature.

What is the Connecticut Plan or the Great Compromise?

200
The foreign policy begun by Washington and brought back in the 1930s.
What is Neutrality?
200

The qualifications to be on the Supreme Court.

What is none?

200

Two early forms of democracy in the colonies.

What are the Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses?

300

This action attempted to prevent the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.

What is the Proclamation of 1763?

300

These three individuals are credited with writing the Federalists Papers.

Who were Hamilton, Madison and Jay?

300
The federalist effort to stop dissent and influence by the French.
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
300
The qualifications to become President.
What are being born in the U.S., 35 years old and a resident for 14 years?
300
The most obvious example of colonial propaganda in the years before the revolutionary War.
What is the naming of the Boston Massacre?
400

These two Massachusetts towns saw the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

What were Lexington and Concord?

400

Many people think the success of the Convention can be attributed to the fact that all discussions were _________.

What is kept secret from outside influences?

400
Written by Madison and Jefferson as a protest against federalist policies.
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
400
This person breaks tie votes in the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
400

The one major accomplishment under the Articles of Confederation.

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

500

This victory in NY  helped encourage the French to enter the war on the side of the colonies.

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

500

Your teacher might consider this delegate to be the most important at the convention.

Who was Nathaniel Gorham?

500
The strange practice of the man known as the most enlightened in America.
What were the air showers of Franklin?
500
The yearly speech given by the President to Congress and the American people.
What is the State of the Union Address?
500

The 7th President of the United States.

Who is Andrew Jackson?